Hair straightening fail!!!

**Shona** · October 19th, 2011, 07:17 AM

I used to do this too!! oh how I am glad those days are over!

**Grillz** · October 19th, 2011, 07:25 AM

I remember some friends in high school who would do that. It turned their super curly hair pin straight and lasted the few days between washings... much quicker than the flat iron!

**spidermom** · October 19th, 2011, 07:29 AM

Yup; me too, been there, done that.

**teal** · October 19th, 2011, 09:08 AM

I didn't do this personally but I had friends that did.

**Sarahmoon** · October 19th, 2011, 09:14 AM

Hahahah that looks sort of desperate on the picture.
I'm wondering though... how to straighten the hair that's very close to your scalp like that?

It also makes me think of that waffle-iron sort of thing we used to have at home to turn straight hair wavy, like this. I always thought it looked silly so never used it.

**pepperminttea** · October 19th, 2011, 09:14 AM

My cousin did this when she came over to England a few years ago and couldn't bring her straightener. Mystified me at the time.

**kitschy** · October 19th, 2011, 09:17 AM

Been there, done that, have the scar on my neck to prove it.

**PixxieStix** · October 19th, 2011, 11:01 AM

Okay, so when I clicked on the thread and followed the link, that was soooooooo not what I was expecting, and my monitor was looking back at me with my eyes looking something like

for a good ten seconds.

Wow... necessity is the mother of all invention, isn't it? I think that rock I used to live under is still covering part of me, because really, I shouldn't be shocked by something like that.... and now I have the urge to call my mom and ask her if she ever tried that!

**heidi w.** · October 19th, 2011, 11:10 AM

There's historical accuracy behind this uh, *cough* 'technique'.

heidi w.

**teal** · October 19th, 2011, 02:30 PM

Originally Posted by Sarahmoon

It also makes me think of that waffle-iron sort of thing we used to have at home to turn straight hair wavy, like this. I always thought it looked silly so never used it.

That's a crimping iron! I had one! I think just about every girl who grew up in the 80s had one or had access to one through friends. Funny, I hadn't thought about that thing for years. I never used it much... it didn't get hot enough to really do much to my hair. Also I was short on patience and long on hair... too much time, even if it did work. LOL.